Small Story Big Impact (SSBI) is an incubator programme to boost the creation of factual content and documentaries of nature, environment, culture, heritage and people.
The programme aims to develop talents and encourage content creators to engage with their surroundings and capture the many untold stories around their community.
Each year, around 8 – 10 selected filmmakers will receive a grant and mentorship to produce a short documentary according to aspecific chosen theme.
All SSBI documentaries will be premiered and judged at the annual Walk The Doc Festival and one documentary will be awarded SSBI Outstanding Documentary.
STORIES WE ARE LOOKING FOR
This year, SSBI will follow the theme of Walk The Doc Festival 2025—
“In the Footsteps of Culture”.
- We are looking for documentary stories that explore how people carry forward culture and traditions—through rituals, journeys,migrations, inherited craft or ancestral knowledge, and what these culture and traditions mean today.
- Stories that encourage our audience to move beyond observation—to understand, to honor and hopefully to engage with the people and places that shaped our identity.
- Proposed stories can be from any state in Malaysia.
- Duration of documentary is between 3 – 6 minutes.
